Mira Ricardel

Mira Ricardel (5 July 1960-) was the US Deputy National Security Advisor from 15 May to 13 November 2018, succeeding Ricky L. Waddell.

Biography
Mira Radielovic was born in Pasadena, California in 1960 to a Croatian family, and she became a congressional affairs specialist in 1986 and a legislative assistant to Bob Dole from 1989 to 1996. She went on to become a consultant, and she served in the George W. Bush White House as an Assistant Secretary of Defense. During Donald Trump's administration, she served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration from 2017 to 2018 and as Deputy National Security Advisor in 2018, with National Security Advisor John R. Bolton making her his deputy. On 13 November 2018, first lady Melania Trump, in an unprecedented move, called on Ricardel to be fired, claiming that she was behind negative stories against Donald Trump and his staff.